Mariners ‘really happy’ with Walker’s rebound

SEATTLE — The last pitch Taijuan Walker threw in Thursday night’s 6-3 victory against the Rangers was the 10th pitch in Mitch Moreland’s fifth-inning at-bat. Moreland swung.

And missed.

Walker pounded his glove and shouted. He had battled out of the inning and put together a successful start to bounce back from the worst outing of his career.

“Really, really happy,” manager Scott Servais said of Walker’s outing. “About as happy as I’ve been for a player in a long time. To go through the ups and downs and buying into what we talked about.”

Walker allowed three runs on seven hits in five innings vs. the Rangers. He earned the win, all the while feeling out new mechanics that he and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre introduced after his last start.

“It’s still a little uncomfortable,” Walker said. “It’s still a little different, but just really working on staying back and getting my legs into it. It’s something that I’ve tried before, but I’ve never really stuck with it. The challenge is to just keep working with it and trusting it and trusting Mel, …

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